Oldham taxi knowledge test

Practise for the Oldham test

• Oldham knowledge test practice20 multiple-choice questions in one hour. Pass mark 15 out of 20 (75%), as in the real test.
• Driver conditions37 questions, Oldham only
• Hackney byelaws29 questions, Oldham only
• Licensing policy36 questions, Oldham only
• Safeguarding"Child sexual exploitation (CSE)" is a named test topic. The training also covers vulnerable adults and County Lines.
• Customer care and safety"Customer care skills" is a named test topic.
• Numeracy and fares"Basic numeracy skills" is a named test topic.
• Highway Code"Road signs" and "Highway Code" are two named test topics.

Download every Oldham question and answer as a PDF

Steps to a licence in Oldham

1. Be 21 or over, be allowed to work in the UK, and have held a full GB driving licence for at least 12 months.
2. Apply for a DBS and driving licence check through TaxiPlus, then join the DBS Update Service within 30 days of the date on the certificate.
3. Have a Group 2 medical on the D4 form, with the Council's GP/Doctor Declaration. It must be dated within the last 3 months.
4. Collect your driving licence, passport if you have one, proof of right to work, National Insurance number and a passport-style photo. If you lived outside the UK for more than 3 months in a row, you also need a Certificate of Good Conduct.
5. Register an online account, complete the statutory declaration of convictions, confirm you know your tax responsibilities, submit your application and pay the fee.
6. Attend your New Driver Appointment with all your documents. Staff will also check you can hold a basic conversation in English.
7. Attend the Driver Awareness Training and pass the knowledge test.
8. When your documents are verified and these stages are done, the Council grants your licence for 3 years.

Recent changes

• 21 October 2025: The revised licensing policy took effect. Compared with the October 2024 version, the driving licence requirement fell from at least two years to at least 12 months. New applicants must also show they are subscribed to the DBS Update Service before a licence is granted. (source)

What Oldham doesn't publish

We couldn't confirm these from the council's own pages, so ask the licensing team if they matter to you.

• Whether protected convictions must be declared. The policy says all convictions; the October 2024 guidance excludes protected ones.
• How long you must have held a driving licence. The October 2025 policy and the new driver page say 12 months, and we use that. The downloadable guidance (October 2024 version) still says 2 years.
• How long abroad triggers a Certificate of Good Conduct. The policy says more than three continuous months in the last 5 years. The new driver page says more than 3 months in a row since turning 18. The guidance document says both.
• That the £40 "Driver Proficiency Test, Re-Test or Fail to Attend Fee" is the fee for this test. The fees page does not use the words "knowledge test", and it is undated.
• How many of the 20 questions come from each topic. The Council does not publish this.
• Whether questions on disability, equality or licensing law appear. These are in the training, and the topic list is a minimum, but they are not named as test topics. They are not linked here as covered topics; practise them in our equality and disability and licensing law topics if you want to.
• What changed in the policy file after October 2025. The Council's Word file was last modified on 31 July 2026, but it still gives 21 October 2025 as its date. The Council's committee website, which holds the committee report, did not respond, so we could not read that report.
• How long you must wait between test attempts. The Council does not say.